Last edition Elsevier Our species has transitioned from being one among millions on Earth to the species that is single-handedly transforming the entire planet to suit its own needs. The New Ecology shows how today’s ecology can provide the insights we need to appreciate the crucial role we play in this era of unprecedented global environmental transition. Oswald Schmitz describes how the science of ecology is evolving to provide a better understanding of how human agency is shaping the natural world, often in never-before-seen ways.
Last Edition
ISBN 13: 9780691182827
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Language: English
Authors: Oswald J. Schmitz
Pub Date: 12/2018
Pages: 256
Illus: Illustrated
Weight: 500.000 grams
Size: 130 x 206 mm
Product Type: Softcover
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- • The new ecology emphasizes the importance of conserving species diversity and envisions humans taking on new roles as thoughtful stewards of the environment.
- • It offers the ecological know-how to maintain and enhance our planet's environmental performance and ecosystem production for the benefit of current and future generations. Informative and engaging, this book provides the best available introduction to what this new ecology is all about-and why it matters more than ever before.
- • Engaging, informative, easy to read, and filled with good examples that explained the interdependence between natural systems and human systems. -Lisa Pike, NSTA Recommends The New Ecology underlines the essential role that humans can play in shaping what the Earth will look like in the coming century. . .
- • This book is an excellent introduction to the new ecology. It helps us understand that we humans-and all of nature-are intertwined and that we have to work with nature for a sustainable world.
- • And it offers hope that change is possible. -Lisa Kaaki, Arab News Featuring novel ideas communicated clearly, [The New Ecology] is likely to have broad appeal. . . . [N]on-ecologists will comprehend the book easily, and ecologists will be interested in the fresh concepts. -Anna Call, ForewordReviews.com Slim, highly readable, and well-written. . . . [In The New Ecology] Schmitz has done a remarkable job weaving together threads drawn from classical ecology, economics, and environmental studies and science into a wide-ranging yet coherent whole that should serve as a blueprint for 21st century research and praxis in ecology. -Aaron M. Ellison, Ecology
- Oswald J. Schmitz is professor of population and community ecology in the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies at Yale University. His books include Resolving Ecosystem Complexity (Princeton).
- • Cover Page
- • Title Page
- • Copyright Page
- • Contents
- • Preface
- • CHAPTER 1: The Challenge of Sustainability
- • CHAPTER 2: Valuing Species and Ecosystems
- • CHAPTER 3: Biological Diversity and Ecosystem Functions
- • CHAPTER 4: Domesticated Nature
- • CHAPTER 5: Socio-ecological Systems Thinking
- • CHAPTER 6: Hubris to Humility
- • CHAPTER 7: Ecologies by Humans for Humans
- • CHAPTER 8: The Ecologist and the New Ecology
- • Bibliography
- • Index
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